The Way of Beauty: Liturgy, Education, and Inspiration for Family, School, and College
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1621381412 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 282 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is known for his own popular blog, thewayofbeauty, and has been the writer on sacred art for the New Liturgical Movement website for five years. His work as an artist has been featured in national press in the UK and US, and his commissions include St. He was Fellow and Artist in Residence at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire from 20
"Beauty AND brains" according to MightyMighty. I'm not yet done with this book, but I wanted to make sure there was a positive review here to encourage others to take a look at it. Clayton has done his homework and presents a framework for understanding both beauty, and it's utterly profound importance. He makes it clear why certain old buildings endlessly charm new generations, how to "read" the numbers/proportions of paintings, etc. and makes a strong case for be. "Christianity is the art of salvation and the salvation of art" according to Dr. Peter A. Kwasniewski. David Clayton, painter and iconographer, teacher and writer, and whirlwind of interesting ideas on all things aesthetic, has contributed some of my favorite articles to New Liturgical Movement over the years, be they on mathematical proportions in architecture and music, on what makes a work of art sacred rather than merely religious, on the many links between the liturgy and the fine arts, on the conditions for a rebi
In The Way of Beauty, David Clayton describes how a true Catholic education is both a program of liturgical catechesis and an inculturation that aims for the supernatural transformation of the person so that he can in turn transfigure the whole culture through the divine beauty of his daily action. There is no human activity, no matter how mundane, that cannot be enhanced by this formation in beauty. Such enhanced activity then resonates in harmony with the common good and, through its beauty, draws all people to the Churc
RICHARDS, Catholic University of America"Every pope who has promoted the new evangelization has spoken about how essential 'the way of beauty' is in engaging the modern world with the Gospel. Drawing upon years of experience as artist and teacher, David Clayton thoroughly unpacks this truth and shows, with an impressive range of examples, how it can and should play out every day in our schools, academic curricula, cultural endeavors, and practice of the fine arts. The Way of Beauty is a manifesto for the re-integration of the truth laid hold of in intellectual disciplines, the beauty aspired to in art and worship, and the good embodied in morals and manners. F